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Report on Meta-Analysis of Welfare to Work Programs

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  1. INTRODUCTION
    2.
  2. BACKGROUND
    3.
    2.1 PREVIOUS RELATED RESEARCH
    2.2 THE DATABASE
    2.3 COMPONENTS OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH
  3. META-ANALYSIS
    4.
    3.1 WEIGHTING
    3.2 STEPS IN CONDUCTING THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM EFFECT ESTIMATES
  4. FINDINGS OF THE DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
    5.
    4.1 EARNINGS
    4.2 PERCENTAGE EMPLOYED
    4.3 AMOUNT OF AFDC PAYMENT
    4.4 PERCENTAGE PARTICIPATING IN AFDC
    4.5 DESCRIPTION OF THE TESTED INTERVENTIONS, TARGET POPULATIONS, AND SITES
  5. HYPOTHESES TESTED IN THE REGRESSION ANALYSES
    6.
    5.1 INTERVENTION CHARACTERISTICS
    5.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TARGET POPULATION
    5.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AT THE SITES
    5.4 SELECTING EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FOR THE REGRESSION ANALYSIS
    5.5 OMITTED AND MISSPECIFIED VARIABLES
  6. BASIC REGRESSION FINDINGS
    7.
    6.1 SANCTIONS
    6.2 JOB SEARCH
    6.3 BASIC EDUCATION
    6.4 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
    6.5 WORK EXPERIENCE
    6.6 FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
    6.7 TIME LIMITS
    6.8 NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE 1982
    6.9 ONE-PARENT FAMILIES VERSUS TWO-PARENT FAMILIES
    6.10 AVERAGE AGE OF THE TARGET GROUP
    6.11 PERCENT OF THE TARGET GROUP EMPLOYED THE YEAR PRIOR TO RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
    6.12 ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN LOCAL MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
    6.13 POVERTY RATE
    6.14 MAXIMUM AFDC PAYMENTS
    6.15 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS
  7. SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
    8.
  8. THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF THE REGRESSIONS
    9.
  9. PROGRAM IMPACTS OVER TIME
    10.
  10. ANALYSIS OF OUTLIERS
    11.
    10.1 THE PREVALENCE OF OUTLIER PROGRAMS AND OUTLIER ESTIMATES
    10.2 SEPARATING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OUTLIERS
    10.3 WHAT CAUSES TYPE B OUTLIERS TO OCCUR?
  11. ANALYSIS OF BENEFIT-COST FINDINGS
    12.
    11.1 DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
    11.2 REGRESSION ANALYSIS
  12. ANALYSIS OF SUBGROUPS
    13.
    12.1 CAVEATS
    12.2 THREE TYPES OF ANALYSES
    12.3 FINDINGS FOR THE COMPARISON OF UNADJUSTED MEANS FOR THE PURE-SUBGROUPS
    12.4 FINDINGS FOR QUARTER 7 DIFFERENCES IN MEANS BETWEEN SUBGROUPS
  13. ANALYSIS OF CHILD OUTCOMES
    14.
    13.1 EVALUATIONS THAT MEASURED CHILD OUTCOME
    13.2 A META-ANALYSIS OF PROGRAM EFFECTS ON CHILDREN
    13.3 FINDINGS
    13.4 REGRESSION FINDINGS
    13.5 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS
  14. VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS
    15.
  15. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
    16.
    15.1 IMPACTS OF MANDATORY WELFARE-TO-WORK INTERVENTIONS
    15.2 WHAT MAKES WELFARE-TO-WORK INTERVENTIONS SUCCESSFUL
    15.3 EFFECTIVENESS FOR SUB-GROUPS
    15.4 PROGRAM IMPACTS OVER TIME
    15.5 ANALYSIS OF OUTLIERS
    15.6 COSTS AND BENEFITS
    15.7 CHILD OUTCOMES
    15.8 VOLUNTARY PROBLEMS
    15.9 CONCLUSIONS: LESSONS FOR POLICY AND ANALYSIS

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

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